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Comment Listen to the interviews! Buy the book! (Score 2) 87

businessinsider.com/former-meta-executive-sarah-wynn-williams-interview-careless-people-book-2025-3
nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-alleges-harassment-sandberg-kaplan-sarah-wynn-williams-rcna195130
bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6pn1

amazon.com/Careless-People-Cautionary-Power-Idealism/dp/1250391237

Comment Boat Anchor (Score 1) 46

I once asked a development manager how much it would cost to port an infrastructure product to a new platform. He said it would be at least $1 million. I noted that the port would be fairly simple, and he said that it wasn't the port that was expensive, it was dragging it around like a boat anchor chained to our ankle for the next 10 or 20 years that was expensive. He was right.

Comment What's the actual strike zone rule? (Score 1) 41

Interestingly, the system makes its call exactly halfway across home plate> , where human umpires consider the strike zone to cover the whole 17 inches from the front to the back of home plate.

How do major league rules define the strike zone with respect to the depth of the plate? And if it's not defined front-to-back, when will the rules committee get to work on this?

Comment Re:There is a solution (Score 3, Informative) 136

Somebody has to provide a "throat to choke," i.e. support.

There are numerous options for paid support for OpenJDK at a fraction of the predatory pricing that Oracle charges. Many enterprise customers will get support for Corretto, Amazon's flavor of OpenJDK, as part of their enterprise buy of AWS or other Amazon services. There's no need to get Java support from Oracle.

Comment How do you sell AI? (Score 1) 129

I asked ChatGPT how an Ai company could sell their services, and it said:

1. Offer Clear Value Propositions
2. Use Freemium or Trial Models
3. Showcase Results & Case Studies
4. Provide Ongoing Support and Training
5. Targeted Marketing & Outreach
6. Offer Customization and Scalability
7. Provide a Strong User Experience
8. Build Trust and Credibility
9. Offer Tiered Pricing
10. Provide Ongoing Innovation
11. Leverage Network Effects

Oddly, it didn't say "bundle it with other services that people are already using, and raise the price."

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